SEC streamlines overhaul of stock trading rules

Tick size and access fee rules simplified from first draft, but Peirce still questions rationale

SEC building in Washington DC
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has simplified its original proposals for the biggest overhaul of equity market structure since 2005, in a move that one commissioner believes can help improve execution quality while preserving competition in the market.

“Together, these changes should reduce operational complexity and potential investor confusion, allow tick-constrained stocks to trade at prices more closely approximating their natural levels, permit continued competition across

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